MLD ZAMBONINI LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC326339 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-26
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 18.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47799
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Current assets | — | £622.2k |
| Net assets | — | £55.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-20📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-02-20🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-09📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-11-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-06-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-06-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-06-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-05-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2007-08-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2007-06-26🏢Company incorporatedAs MLD ZAMBONINI LIMITED
- 2007-06-26➕ZAMBONINI, Mario appointedsecretary
- 2007-06-26➕ZAMBONINI, Dario appointeddirector
- 2007-06-26➕ZAMBONINI, Lia Cristina appointeddirector
- 2007-06-26➕ZAMBONINI, Mario appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ZAMBONINI" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Mario Zambonini Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Lia Cristina Zambonini Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Dario Zambonini Individual · British · DOB 04/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-06-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47799 — SIC 47799
Registered office
11-15 Hallcraig Street
Airdrie
ML6 6AH
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
Active
ZAMBONINI, Dario→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2007-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ZAMBONINI, Lia Cristina→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2007-06-26
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ZAMBONINI, Mario→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2007-06-26
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 12/05/2017 | 20/02/2025 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 23/08/2007 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-12-09